When the Environmental Protection Agency released its plan earlier this month for addressing marine litter, it named five Asian nations—China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam—as ...

Danny Masterson's wife, Bijou Phillips, has officially moved to drop her estranged husband's surname from their 11-year-old ...

D printers make it simple to create affordable armies for tabletop wargames - provided you meet the very, very specific ...

We applaud AG Bonta's efforts to hold companies accountable for falsely claiming their plastic bags are recyclable. Plastic ...

Plastic bags will also be completely banned in California grocery stores beginning Jan. 1, 2026, under Senate Bill 1053, ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing three companies that allegedly distribute single-use plastic bags in violation ...

California’s attorney general sued three bag makers over ‘recyclable’ claims, while four others agreed a $1.8m settlement and ...

The suit alleges that Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast Group Corp. and Mettler Packaging LLC falsely have claimed bags sold ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SAN FRANCISCO – Concluding his statewide investigation into plastic bag producers and whether the plastic bags they have sold ...

Researchers are warning Canada needs to do more about the amount of plastic waste generated by the construction industry. A recent report found that a single large institution generates about 700,000 ...

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this ...